As for Bebутov, he told me when I made his acquaintance in May in Berlin that he had so turned over the library to the Vorstand (Central Committee of the German Social-Democrats) that he would not be able to take it back.

I have his letter stating that this library was donated to the Social-Democratic party when it becomes united, etc. Consequently, it appears there is nothing to be done about it. But all the same, try to get in touch with Bebутov yourself.

Vl. Ilyın

(Italy)

Written in the second half of October 1912

Sent from Kraków to the island of Capri

First published on April 21, 1960 in *Komsomolskaya Pravda* No. 95

Printed from a typescript copy certified by A. M. Gorky